Circle of Yellow: Book # 5 in the Mike Montego Police Crime Series

Mike Montego, a newly appointed homicide detective assigned to Hollywood Division responds to a crime scene where the wife, Brenda Mackay, has fatally shot her husband, Coyle. She claims she was afraid her husband would beat their oldest son, Kirk, to death. The mother of four, one an infant girl, Brenda claims Coyle was drunk and she had to protect her children. Montego's senior partner tells him it's "open and shut" and to quickly write it up and then file the case with the District Attor...